Senior Observability Architect

At Suncor, we produce and provide energy.

When you join Suncor, you become part of a company that has built a solid foundation for both business and employee success. We are a place where talented people thrive. As part of our team, you play a vital role in delivering energy we all rely on, and you'll make a meaningful impact in the communities where we live and work.

As a Senior Observability Architect , you will help product and platform teams across Digital & Information Technology (D&IT) improve the visibility, reliability, and performance of their applications and systems. Working within a collaborative DevOps team, you will lead the development and adoption of observability practices, helping teams gain meaningful insights through monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, and telemetry. This role combines technical expertise , coaching, and hands-on implementation to enable data-driven operational decision-making and support continuous improvement across the organization.

What we offer

We recognize your contribution and offer a range of rewards and development opportunities designed to support your success. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Suncor and the region where you work.

• Strong compensation: we offer competitive compensation, regional-based uplifts, annual bonuses, and long-term financial rewards. We also help you save for your future by offering pension programs, and savings plans with company matching
• Benefits: utilize an employee assistance program and comprehensive company-paid health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family to support your mental, physical, and financial well-being
• Generous time-off: enjoy generous paid vacation time and personal time-off to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Talent development programs: Internal mobility, succession planning, and employee training and development programs are just a few ways we’re dedicated to your development

Minimum Requirements

• Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog, Grafana, Azure Monitor, AWS CloudWatch, or similar platforms
• University degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, with 8+ years of relevant experience
• Strong understanding of monitoring, logging, alerting, telemetry, and system performance concepts
• Experience supporting DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and automation initiatives
• Knowledge of cloud environments such as Azure and/or AWS

Don’t have all the qualifications listed? That’s ok! Apply anyway. We acknowledge the value of transferable skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and advance observability strategies, frameworks, and best practices across applications, platforms, and value streams
• Define and establish performance metrics and operational indicators that align with business outcomes
• Develop foundational standards, templates, and reference materials to improve consistency and adoption
• Champion, facilitate and advise the development of observability strategy for individual teams within D&IT
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve system reliability, operational awareness, and service performance across the organization
• Partner with product and platform teams to implement effective monitoring, logging, alerting, and telemetry solutions
• Support the evolution of observability capabilities through automation, analytics, and emerging AiOps /Machine Learning driven practices

Location and other Key Details

• This is an office-based role. You will work out of our Calgary head office, located in the Suncor Energy Centre at 150 – 6th Ave S.W
• Hours of work are a regular 40-hour work week, Monday to Friday with occasional site visits
• Our business professional roles follow internal compensation guidelines, and the pay band will generally be based on years of experience and scope of work

Think we are a fit? Apply now!

Suncor is committed to providing equal opportunities for employment and building an inclusive, results-oriented and high-performance culture where all members of our team feel safe, valued and respected.